Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. Traditional wooden window-frame decorations (lishtvy) on wooden houses from the early 20th century. Традыцы1ныя ліштвы на хатах з раньняга 20-га ст. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 18, 2023
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Photo of the Day for February 17, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. High school, early 19th-century neo-classicism. Гімназія раньняга 19-га ст. у стылі неакласіцызму.
Photo of the Day for February 16, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. Three modes of transportation. The center of Chervjen’ was quiet, with very few people on the streets when I visited. All of a sudden, a novel horse-drawn cart, bus… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 16, 2023
Photos of the Day for February 15, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. Late-19th/early-20th-century commercial buildings, main square (II/II). Камерцыйная забудова канца 19-га/пачатку 20-га стст. на цэнтральнай плошчы (II/II).
Photos of the Day for February 14, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. Late-19th/early-20th-century commercial buildings, main square (I/II). Камерцыйная забудова канца 19-га/пачатку 20-га стст. на цэнтральнай плошчы (I/II).
Photo of the Day for February 13, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. Birthplace of Maryja Mjakota, mother of the great early-20th-century Belarusian poet Maksim Bahdanovich. Дом, у якім нарадзілася Марыя Мякота, маці Максіма Багдановіча.
Photos of the Day for February 11, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. The dead hand of empire: two examples of imperial-provincial bureaucratic architecture from the era of Russian occupation. Мёртвая рука імперыі: два прыклады імперска-правінцыяльнага дойлідства часоў расейскай акупацыі. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 11, 2023
Photo of the Day for February 6, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па падчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. An example of two polar opposite forces in Belarus: destruction of Belarusian patrimony by the current authorities versus the new birth of Christian faith. On the left is (was)… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 6, 2023
Photo of the Day for February 1, 2023
Photo survey of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. The city’s historic name was Igumjen (Ігумен) until renamed in shopworn Bolshevik fashion by the occupying Soviet regime in 1923: Chervjen’ in Belarusian means June, not “redness” as the Soviets assumed from the etymological link between Chervjen’ and chyrvonny (red). Chervjen’… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 1, 2023
Photo of the Day for January 31, 2023
Photo survey of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. The city’s historic name was Ihumjen (Ігумен) until renamed in shopworn Bolshevik fashion by the occupying Soviet regime in 1923: Chervjen’ in Belarusian means June, not “redness” as the Soviets assumed from the etymological link between Chervjen’ and chyrvonny (red). Chervjen’… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 31, 2023